That's an extremely cool Krag. You should explore the wonderful world of cast bullets in that rifle. The long neck of the 30-40 Krag cartridge is perfect for cast bullets.
These look like a good bet. I'd load them with H4895 to a velocity of about 1850 fps,...magnum primers to insure that the relatively light load gets ignited properly.
https://www.xtremebullets.com/30-Cal-165gr-RNFP-Cowboy-p/x30-165rnfpc-b0500.htmYou need to come up with a die that would put a slight flare on the mouth of the case to keep from shaving lead when you seat the bullet. Other than that, it's a fairly straight forward process.
I have some cast bullets a friend made me and was going to try them. But it shoots factory and my hand loads with 180 BT and 4350 so well I never worked up a load. With hand loads, even with the peep sights, I can get it to shoot around an inch most days.
I have been in the deer woods with it but no luck. Maybe the deer are afraid of it. 😂
That's definitely a very tasteful Krag. My compliments.
Still, I'd have to see how H4895 works with it. The case capacity and the pressure level of the Krag cartridge seems perfect for H4895.
I looked for a Krag to shoot cast bullets in for a long time. I could never find an original with a bore good enough to tolerate cast bullets.
What kind of barrel does that one of yours wear?